I assume you must remove a stress after completing (or attempting) a blue maneuver, but but does anyone think it could be a may ? This comes up from my stresssed named B-Wing bumping on a 1-bank. I’d rather keep the stress if I may

Rules Reference (1.0.2) page 18 is pretty clear: "...a ship removes one stress token while it executes a blue maneuver."

There is no "may" in that interaction so I'm afraid it's not optional. I've looked it up before because of being in the same situation 😕